Today I discovered that ‘cheese log’ does not mean what I think it means.
My family refers to a certain snack as a cheese log (this possibly originated with a family friend, but I don’t remember). To make a cheese log, Electric Warrior-family style, you take a Polly-O string cheese, roll it up inside a tortilla, stick a toothpick in it to keep it rolled up, put it on a plate, and microwave it for about 30 seconds. The result is stringy, melty deliciousness.
It’s not a quesadilla because it’s rolled instead of folded. It’s not a flauta because it contains no meat. Does anyone do this other than my family, and does it have a real name?
A flauta does not have to contain meat, I’ve had them with potatoes, peppers, cheese, and mushrooms.
Since it’s not fried I wouldn’t call it a flauta though. Basically you made a enchilada with no sauce due to it being rolled but when it comes down to it, you’ve got a cheese taco just folded a bit differently.
Without chiles being involved, as you point out in the sauce comment, it can’t be an enchilada (which means “en-chile-ed.”) Sauceless enchiladas do exist (enchiladas potosinas), but they contain chiles in the dough used to make them. I’d call it some bastard rolled quesadilla, or, as Bosstone suggests via Taco Bell’s menu, a cheese roll-up. That appropriately manages expectations.
